Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company
The Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company, also known as the Albuquerque Film Company, was a film company[1] established in New Mexico and soon after reincorporated in Los Angeles during the silent film era. Gilbert P. Hamilton was its president.[2] It was established in 1913 and is known for the 3-reel westerns it produced. They were written by and star Dot Farley. Milton H. Fahrney directed. It also operated in Los Angeles in 1915 before going bankrupt in 1918.[3] The company released its Luna branded films through United Film Service.[4]
Hamilton joined the company from the St. Louis Motion Picture Company. Albuquerque Film Company was funded with $50,000 in stock.[5] News reports from December 1913 state cinematographer Homer Scott was filming with Buck Connors at Fort Bliss, Texas for the newly formed Albuquerque Film Company.[6][7] Perhaps the film was The First Law of Nature, a 3-reel film with Dot Farley and Connors, Albuquerque Company's first release.[8] Hamilton and Fahrney eventually moved on to Warner Bros.[5]
Santa Fe Trail Magazine did a feature on the new company and its major players in 1913.[9]
Nick Cogley and Archer MacMackin directed films for the company.
In August 1914 the company reincorporated with $200,000 in stock.[10]
Filmography[edit]
- The First Law of Nature
- The Lust of the Red Man (1914)[11]
- His Neighbor’s Pants (1914), a low budget single reel film[12]
- Soul Mates (1914)[13][14]
- Reuben's Busy Day (1914)
- With Daddy's Aid (1915)
- Pretty Policeman (1915)
- Aunt Matilda Outwitted (1915)
References[edit]
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
- ^ Bowser, Eileen (1994). The Transformation of Cinema, 1907–1915. University of California Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-520-08534-3.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-135-92561-1.
- ^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
- ^ a b The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 1156.
- ^ "Tenth Cavalry Will Soon Appear in the "Movies"". El Paso Herald. 19 December 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Mimic Battle is Staged for "Movies"". El Paso Herald. 19 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "A New Type of "Westerns"". Motion Picture News. 14 February 1914. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Santa Fe Trail Magazine. Vol. 1. Santa Fe Publishing Company. 1913. pp. 91–92.
- ^ Standard Corporation Service, Daily Revised. Standard Statistics Company, Incorporated. 1915. p. 3.
- ^ "The Lust of the Red Man – 1914". Filmweb.no.
- ^ Epting, Charles (2018-08-25). "No More Tears Over Lost Films". The Silent Film Quarterly. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Soul mates / Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company". Library of Congress. LCCN 93517170.
- ^ "Soul mates". Worldcat. October 3, 1924. OCLC 29752307.